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WinFS
(WINdows Future Storage) The code name for a unified storage subsystem that was expected in Windows Vista but never completed. Using a relational database and XML meta-data, WinFS was designed to go beyond the hierarchical view that Explorer presents to the user. It would have let users index and combine heterogeneous data formats such as files, folders, email and contacts. Data would be searched like a search engine, which yields results in different formats (HTML pages, documents, etc.).
FS Is Not a File System
Because "FS" is in the name, WinFS was often mistaken for a new file system. WinFS was designed to sit on top of the NTFS file system, and software developers would write to the WinFS programming interface (API). See NTFS.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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Late in August, however, Microsoft said it would push back one of those features, the
WinFS file system, while the Avalon graphical interface and Indigo Web communications framework will be released as upgrades to Windows XP
The
WinFS storage platform in Longhorn with SQL Server running on top is designed to categorise information in multiple ways and relate one item of information to another, a key function for Web Services.
Longhorn is Microsoft's next version of its Windows operating system and will include a new file system known as
WinFS, a new graphics engine named Avalon and a Web Services architecture that is called Indigo.
Longhorn's
WinFS storage subsystem brings together content stored in silos and multiple schemas.
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